The BlackBerry Curve 8520 comes with a standard full-QWERTY and Wi-Fi support. It is quite light weight as well, tipping the scales at just 106 grams. The phone comes with 256 MB flash memory and a 512 MHz CPU (central processing unit). It supports memory expansion hot swappable micro SD or SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards and supports cards of up to 16 GB. There is nothing much to talk on the camera front. The 8520 comes with a two megapixel camera with support for video recording. The battery is a 1150 mAhr, one good for up to 4.5 hours of talk time and 17 days of standby time.
The Nokia E-series are one of the most powerful business handsets offering mobility to smart businesses and professionals on the move. The E-series flaunts a new line of business-optimized devices. According to research firm Gartner, out of the 120 million mobile phones sold in India every year, 4-5 percent are smartphones, and Nokia has around 60-70 percent of the market share in this segment. Naveen Mishra, Analyst (communications research) at IDC India said, "India is a young market in that more than 50 percent of mobile phone users are under the age of 35. They are looking for a phone that fulfills both their enterprise and personal needs, including email as well as entertainment. This phone has made BlackBerry more approachable to 20-25-year-olds, who make up the largest chunk of high-end mobile users in the country."
The 8520 is launched targeting virtually untapped segment of young professionals and retail consumers who have been inching to get their hands on a BlackBerry device but were intimidated by the pricing of the earlier models. Only time will tell who will win in the clash between the Blackberry 8520 and Nokia's E series phone.